Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...
Word learning in children represents a fundamental aspect of cognitive development and language acquisition. This area of research explores how young learners overcome the ambiguous nature of their ...
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A new study investigates where toddlers look when they learn new words. It finds that children with larger vocabularies looked quickly towards objects when learning new words. Meanwhile, children who ...
When I pulled out a copy of "The Lost Words," my seven-year-old son stared in amazement. The book is huge, nearly as tall as his torso, and when I opened it up, it spread across both of our laps. He ...
Take the Words Matter Challenge this April during Child Abuse Prevention Month. Parents and caregivers, be intentional every day to speak encouraging words that build up children’s sense of worth!
Many adults grew up hearing that words were "no big deal" because they couldn't cause physical pain (remember the popular "sticks and stones" saying?). However, psychologists stress that words matter, ...
Some children’s books tell stories, some only hint at them. With a combination of disquieting pictures and gently provocative language, Chris Van Allsburg’s “The Mysteries of Harris Burdick” (1984) ...